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BoneQuint wrote:

Tony McGinley wrote:Have you ever listened to a MIDI version of a tune? It usually sounds somewhat lacking in expression, even mechanical.

We have a new contender for the "understatement of the year" award!

Gee thanks for that - I hope I win!!!!

Louigi wrote: "Hm. Well, on the other hand, a song is a song and a melody is a melody. I mean - I understand that an admirer of a tradition would prefer to listen to a tune performed just as it is sung. However, in general, why can't you play a melody not as if is a song, but just if it's just ...

I would be very thankful for a more... um... constructive feedback. That is - what exactly is wrong and what should I do to make it right? If you think I should listen to a better recording than from that book - leave a link please. My playing there is very similar to the playing from the Slow Airs...

When I hear a moving air I hear not an authority But heart ..... And "alurker" wrote: "If you know are familiar with a song (esp. if sung in Irish), it is a bit off-putting when someone plays that song as a slow-air with the phrasing (which is dictated by the natural phrasing of the ...

I have weighed into this argument several times in the recent past - a bit like wading into a pond full of piranha without your wellies on!!! IMHO slow airs are the very essence of Irish music - leaving aside the music which was strictly intended for dancing. Most slow airs have words, they are song...

TIN RECORDER

Well, I suppose tine and other bits of stuff too.
I'v just ordered one for sessions, great for
learning tunes.

Easy fingering, great tone!

What a C*** and s**t idea having a P**s and Moan site. It would be a better idea to give a red star for each Moan, Rant, or Belly-ache posted and when someone collects 5 stars exile them to the Squeeze Box forum for 6 month!! Err - Emm - Doh - Oops!!! How many red stars does that count up to? Exiled...

Really excellent review and great quality sound clips!
The whistle looks really beautiful. It would appear to
have elements of both the Kerry Songbird and the Alba.

Thanks again for a very useful review.

You are right in mentioning "sh**" Take no sh** here!!

No matter if its a Susato or a German Shepherd
- the important thing is to let it know -
who the boss is!!

http://www.cormacbreatnach.com/multimedia.asp

Here is Cormac's site with contact details AND a set of downloads including the full version of Port na bPucaí.

Great player!!

The "Wexford Carol" is a really beautiful Irish Christmas tune and works very well on the whistle.

I would add my vote to Impempe and Ian.
Both the whistles and the person are quality!

I was talking to Ian just recently, and he tells me that he has a completly new design for Low Whistles, but he is not ready for production just yet. I am really looking forward to seeing, and hearing, and playing one of these in due time. Ian is indeed a superb craftsman and a complete gentleman in...